Nate McLouth is off to the kind of start that most major league hitters can only envy. 

I made a huge waiver bid on super prospect Max Scherzer in one of my leagues this weekend. 

Barry Zito, demoted to the San Francisco Giants bullpen last week, is returning to the starting rotation without having made any relief appearances. 

Barry Zito, demoted to the San Francisco Giants bullpen last week, is returning to the starting rotation without having made any relief appearances. 

--SS Emmanuel Burriss knocked over Phillies C Carlos Ruiz for the Giants' first run Sunday. 

MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Matt Cain (hamstring) was pulled in the eighth inning of his May 3 start with tightness in his hamstring. 

The Giants will face a left-hander on Tuesday, the Pirates' Zach Duke, the second of six straight games in which the opposing starting pitcher is left-handed. 

The San Francisco Giants continue to put themselves in position to win, even if the result isn't always positive. 

--CF Aaron Rowand, who left the Phillies and signed with the Giants for five years and $60 million, played in Philly for the first time in 2008 and went 5-for-12 in the three games, including a homer in the opener. 

MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Matt Cain (hamstring) was pulled in the eighth inning of his May 3 start with tightness in his hamstring. 

With Eugenio Velez, you get the good and the bad. 

During last season's run to the playoffs the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to win a major league-best 48 games. 

Two of the brightest young starters in the NL square off as Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies close a three-game series against Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park. 

Two of the brightest young starters in the NL square off as Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies close a three-game series against Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park. 

Two of the brightest young starters in the NL square off as Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies close a three-game series against Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park.